News, advice and resources from the Seareal team — for NDIS participants, families, carers and partners across Queensland.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme — usually shortened to NDIS — is a federal government program that pays for disability support. It started rolling out in Queensland in 2016, and by 2026 aroun…
Here's the short answer. If you're under 65 and you have a permanent disability, NDIS is the relevant program. If you're 65 or over, the aged care system applies. That's the rule.
Getting your first NDIS plan involves a few steps, and the process isn't always well explained. You make an access request, gather evidence, attend a planning meeting, then wait — sometimes weeks — fo…
Your NDIS plan gives you funding for support. But who actually manages the money — pays the invoices, tracks the budget, makes sure things get claimed correctly — depends on what management type you c…
Most NDIS plans run to 15 or 20 pages. There's a lot in them — budget categories, funding amounts, support goals, registered providers, line items. And most participants and their families receive the…
Your NDIS plan has an end date, and when it comes around, you'll have a plan review. Sometimes it's an automatic continuation. Sometimes it's a meeting with your NDIA planner or LAC. What happens at t…
NDIS funding isn't a single lump sum you spend however you like. It's divided into three budget categories — Core Supports, Capacity Building, and Capital Supports — and each has different rules about…
"Reasonable and necessary" is the test NDIA applies when deciding what to fund in your plan. Pass the test, the support gets funded. Fail it, it doesn't. Understanding how NDIA applies this test is on…
A support coordinator helps you understand your NDIS plan and connect with the services you need. That's the simple version. In practice, a good support coordinator does a lot more than that. And a ba…
People use "NDIS" to mean both the scheme itself and the workers who deliver support under it. The two things are very different. NDIS is the funding program run by the federal government. NDIS suppor…
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